Always Thankful

I know I have said this before, but I just feel so blessed watching my boys - all 3 of them (Daddy included) playing together. They are playing with a beach ball, and Austin is Tigger, Daddy is Pooh, and baby is Piglet (or Piglick - as Austin calls him). They all get to giggling so much and enjoy themselves just making up games. That is a happy thing to me.

It's looking at this thing that we have made called a family - maybe a non-traditional family, but a family none-the-less. I see special little boys who have blessed me more than anything in this world.

It's coming up on Thanksgiving and I definitely feel the need to express thankfulness for my precious boys. God has brought them to us in unique ways out of special circumstances. We met our adoption counselor on Saturday for our baby. So I feel like finally we are moving in a good direction - an end game to the foster process. For that I am also thankful!

This second adoption has been a LONG process for us - 7 months to get our home study completed and we are already at 6 months trying to get the foster care part done and looking at another at least 2 months before we go to court for our actual adoption.

This isn't for the faint of heart, yet it is such a blessing to me to allow me to be the one thing I desired most - a mommy. I know that there are so many people - even good friends of mine desiring mommyhood whether it is the first or second times. But being a mommy is a thing of beauty, a thing to rejoice in, a thing to never take for granted.

My boys make me smile. They giggle a lot and in turn make me laugh, they bring joy no matter the circumstance, they light up my life (cheesy maybe but true). My life is much more full today than it was at this time 3 years ago prior to having children. I am blessed, having learned a lot, gone through a lot, and come away a richer woman because of it all. Thanksgiving is a time to remember those things we are thankful for. Since my blog is mostly dedicated to adoption, that is what I am thankful for. I am thankful for a chance to have my own children, to give beautiful children a home, to be able to teach Jesus to my children who may not have heard of Him, to love and be loved in return. These are precious gifts and things I never want to take for granted.